Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Extend COVID Presumption by Two Years | 02/03/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s presumption that COVID-19 is compensable under certain circumstances would be extended by two years under a bill introduced by the chairman of the Assembly Insurance Committee. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Assume SSDI Recipients Permanently Disabled for Comp | 02/02/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A person receiving Social Security disability benefits would be considered permanently and totally disabled, under legislation before the New York Senate. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Limit Public Employer Vaccine Mandates, Require Comp for Vaccine Injuries | 02/02/2022 | ||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in Missouri introduced a bill that would make COVID-19 vaccine mandates “unenforceable” by public employers and make employers liable for “medical treatment” injuries under workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes 10% Rate Cut for Private Employers | 01/31/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Stephanie McCloud The Ohio Bu...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Comp Coverage for TNC Drivers | 01/28/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries would be required to assess workers’ compensation premiums for drivers for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft, under a bill pending in the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow DA Meetings With Carriers, Self-Insureds to Address 'Rampant' Comp Fraud | 01/26/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| County prosecutors throughout California could convene meetings with insurance carriers and self-insured employers to discuss specific information about suspected fraud, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Provide Comp Coverage for 911 Specialists | 01/26/2022 | ||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill was introduced in the Maryland Senate on Friday that seeks to extend workers’ compensation coverage to 911 specialists for mental injury claims. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Premium Fraud Case | 01/24/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a roofing company pleaded guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud in a case investigated by the California Insurance Department and prosecuted by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. ...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Denies Worker's Request for Rehearing/Reopening | 01/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying a worker’s application for rehearing or reopening based on her challenge to jurisdiction over her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Revise Embattled Hanford Presumption to Cover All 'Exposed Workers' | 01/19/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| All workers exposed to radiological hazardous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation would be covered by a presumption that certain conditions are compensable, under legislation introduced Tuesday in the Washington Legislature. ...Read More | |||
